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"exercise of religion means the practice or observance of religion. it includes but is not limited to the ability to act or the refusal to act in a manner that is substantially motivated by one's sincerely held religious belief, whether or not it's central to a larger system of larger belief." it's almost identical language, and that's no accident. sb 1062 and hb 376 and legislation in other states all share the same legal genetic code traceable back to a number of christian conservative special interest groups in the case of 1062, an outfit called the center for arizona policy, another called the alliance defending freedom didn't just push for the bill they also helped write for the bill much that's what representatives from both organizations tell us. neither organization would come on the program which is kind of hard to understand why. it's not like they're keeping it a secret. during the testimony surrounding 1062, an adf representative was perfectly open about his organization's push for religious restorations acts nation-wide. >> we have been h
"exercise of religion means the practice or observance of religion. it includes but is not limited to the ability to act or the refusal to act in a manner that is substantially motivated by one's sincerely held religious belief, whether or not it's central to a larger system of larger belief." it's almost identical language, and that's no accident. sb 1062 and hb 376 and legislation in other states all share the same legal genetic code traceable back to a number of christian...
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is religion not by his wording also self-professed? >>> finally, "12 years a slave "got the oscar on sunday night. while rush limbaugh didn't actually see the movie, he still has a theory explaining why it won. >> there is no way that movie was not going to win. if it was the only thing that movie won, it was going to be win best picture there was no way. it didn't matter if it was good or bad. i haven't seen it. it was going to win. it had the magic word in the title, "slave." >> slavery. hmm. that's rush limbaugh. isn't he perfect? >>> up next, democrats have an advantage over republicans on some of the biggest issues around. look at the polls. so why are they not -- these advantages not translating into a lead in the upcoming midterm elections? the polls don't match, but the issues now only eight months away, these elections. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the all-new 2014 lexus is. this is your move. >>> welcome back to "hardball." it's hard to say trust me when you threaten t
is religion not by his wording also self-professed? >>> finally, "12 years a slave "got the oscar on sunday night. while rush limbaugh didn't actually see the movie, he still has a theory explaining why it won. >> there is no way that movie was not going to win. if it was the only thing that movie won, it was going to be win best picture there was no way. it didn't matter if it was good or bad. i haven't seen it. it was going to win. it had the magic word in the title,...
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we both discussed with her if she could come up with one single example of discrimination based on religion in arizona that people of faith have suffered through. she couldn't come up with one other than hypotheticals that maybe might happen. but she had no actual example of it actually having occurred. that's interesting because governor brewer specifically pointed that out. i want to play some of that exchange we had with nancy barta, one of the authors of s b 1062. >> senator, do you have any actual example of someone in arizona being forced to do something against their religious beliefs? >> well, in arizona it could be happening all the time, yes. >> do you have an actual example? >> well, surely. people may be being asked to -- >> i mean where it's actually happened. >> well, obviously if people aren't bringing it to court we don't know about it at this point. but we do know that without this law, people would not be able to defend themselves in court. >> but again, you can't name actually one example where this has happened. because people opposed to this say look, this is a problem
we both discussed with her if she could come up with one single example of discrimination based on religion in arizona that people of faith have suffered through. she couldn't come up with one other than hypotheticals that maybe might happen. but she had no actual example of it actually having occurred. that's interesting because governor brewer specifically pointed that out. i want to play some of that exchange we had with nancy barta, one of the authors of s b 1062. >> senator, do you...
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they don't feel this way about kazakhst kazakhstan, they feel this way by belarus, united by language, religion, culture. >> thank you so much. we appreciate your time. we'll check back with you a little later on. thanks so much. >>> president obama has been working the phones. he's been talking to vladimir putin, now calling u.s. allies looking for support. we're live from moscow and ukraine coming up next. we're getting ready. your hepatitis c.forget it's slow moving, you tell yourself. i have time. after all there may be no symptoms for years. no wonder you try to push it to the back of your mind and forget it. but here's something you shouldn't forget. hepatitis c is a serious disease. if left untreated, it could lead to liver damage and potentially even liver cancer. if you are one of the millions of people with hepatitis c, you haven't been forgotten. there's never been a better time to rethink your hep c. because people like you may benefit from scientific advances. advances that could help you move on from hep c. now is the time to rethink hep c and talk to your doctor. visit hepchope.c
they don't feel this way about kazakhst kazakhstan, they feel this way by belarus, united by language, religion, culture. >> thank you so much. we appreciate your time. we'll check back with you a little later on. thanks so much. >>> president obama has been working the phones. he's been talking to vladimir putin, now calling u.s. allies looking for support. we're live from moscow and ukraine coming up next. we're getting ready. your hepatitis c.forget it's slow moving, you tell...
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>> it's interesting to piece the two things together, you think about the forums in which religion has the most force. the courts are like the worst place in order to try to get a religious belief codified or encoded into law. because the way in which the supreme court. >> you have to have a secular purpose for the law. when religious right was on the offense, what it did was to use a ballot initiative. everyone goes into the voting booth and votes their religious convictions. you can't second guess that. now that those statutes have become to be struck down by the courts, giving us secular reasons. now that they're playing defense, what the religious right is doing is saying, let's rely on the free exercise clause in order to allow individuals to sort these claims in court. in some ways, arizona was the easiest case, she showed no evidence of religious discrimination against businesses. land of legal, gay rights organization told me today they had received almost 500 complaints over the past four years about lgbt discrimination in arizona. >> which is legal. >> it starts to feel like,
>> it's interesting to piece the two things together, you think about the forums in which religion has the most force. the courts are like the worst place in order to try to get a religious belief codified or encoded into law. because the way in which the supreme court. >> you have to have a secular purpose for the law. when religious right was on the offense, what it did was to use a ballot initiative. everyone goes into the voting booth and votes their religious convictions. you...
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distinct provision where they allow people and in some cases like the case in arizona, businesses to use religion as a defense in a private lawsuit. so to give you an example of how that might play out, you know, let's say you live in a state where it's illegal to fire someone because they're gay. now, if one of these bills passes, that company could turn around and say, oh, hey, i think homosexuality is a sin, therefore i'm going to fire you and i don't need to abide by this law. so, you know, that lawsuit provision is a big deal. >> i know in some of the cases, in some of the states where they've been considering this, the lawsuit provision works in such a way not only can you not sue somebody for discriminating against you, but if you do, you have to pay their legal fees as well as your own so it's almost a punishment for even complaining about being discriminated against. it's fascinating stuff and fast-moves story. dana lieblson, reporter for "mother jones." nice to see you. >> thanks for having any. >>> the federal prosecutor's investigation of the george washington bridge scandal in chris
distinct provision where they allow people and in some cases like the case in arizona, businesses to use religion as a defense in a private lawsuit. so to give you an example of how that might play out, you know, let's say you live in a state where it's illegal to fire someone because they're gay. now, if one of these bills passes, that company could turn around and say, oh, hey, i think homosexuality is a sin, therefore i'm going to fire you and i don't need to abide by this law. so, you know,...
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the right to freedom of religion, and that means, among other things, not having the irs ask citizens, "tell me the content of your prayers." we need to stand for the second amendment right to keep and bear arms. [ cheers and applause ] we need to stand for -- >> mark, your quick reaction. lotting of red meat there, going after the media, the irs, second amendment rights. is this basically what we're going to hear from him, a stump speech? >> absolutely. you'll hear this kind of rhetoric from republican speak after republican speaker here, and in a lot of ways, ted cruz -- and he isn't necessarily seen as the rock star in the republican party he was a few months ago, but he does embody the ethos of the conservative movement, and he's saying thins that a lot in the audience will agree with. we were talking about christie. he has expanded medicaid in new jersey. he embraced president obama right after hurricane sandy and right before the 2012 presidential election. in a lot of ways, he's different than many of the speakers you'll be hearing over the next three days. >> let's talk about
the right to freedom of religion, and that means, among other things, not having the irs ask citizens, "tell me the content of your prayers." we need to stand for the second amendment right to keep and bear arms. [ cheers and applause ] we need to stand for -- >> mark, your quick reaction. lotting of red meat there, going after the media, the irs, second amendment rights. is this basically what we're going to hear from him, a stump speech? >> absolutely. you'll hear this...
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. >> a lot of people claim it will cause discrimination based upon religion. i stopped at that until tonight. a muslim waiter serving up here walked up to the sheriff and wouldn't give in because he said i don't serve swine. >> i know you couldn't hear that, but you were there. you were live at first when he made the comment about senate bill 1062 which you have been talking a lot about this week. a lot of people thought that could create a situation that you thought was okay. in that comment, he talked about muslims and so i guess my question to you is, is it ever okay. given our country's history to throw race outer and use it. >> i was the top guy in south america and turkey and the mideast. i know a little about foreign countries. i know about racism. i'm not going to get into my family's background. he was just making some comments. i didn't tell him what to do. i got him five minutes before. governor perry was talking about me. a lot of people roasted me. why did they put it out yesterday? why not three days ago. why did they wait for the governor's deci
. >> a lot of people claim it will cause discrimination based upon religion. i stopped at that until tonight. a muslim waiter serving up here walked up to the sheriff and wouldn't give in because he said i don't serve swine. >> i know you couldn't hear that, but you were there. you were live at first when he made the comment about senate bill 1062 which you have been talking a lot about this week. a lot of people thought that could create a situation that you thought was okay. in...
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are before the court are people who are in private business saying it's against their own personal religion to provide contraception for their employees. that's very different from the religious institution. and that's one of the -- those cases are right now coming before the court. and i think that arizona bringing it -- having the whole state say that that's okay is going to make that even a more -- it's going to be even more immediate for the courts. >> can we just go back? what is she waiting for? rip the band-aid off. sign it or veto it. dragging it out is helping nobody in this situation. >> and the tweet is so cryptic. >> bizarre. >> i thought todd's head was going to pop off when i read about the tweet. let's go to baton rouge, louisiana. we have the republican governor, governor bobby jindal. very, very good to have you on the show this morning. thank you. and that is the delay we have. >> good morning, thank you for having me. >> do you see it? thank you very much for being on the show. we have a one and a half second delay. i'm going to state my question and throw it right at you
are before the court are people who are in private business saying it's against their own personal religion to provide contraception for their employees. that's very different from the religious institution. and that's one of the -- those cases are right now coming before the court. and i think that arizona bringing it -- having the whole state say that that's okay is going to make that even a more -- it's going to be even more immediate for the courts. >> can we just go back? what is she...
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they can still have a close relationship with ukraine, good diplomatic and economic religions. >> john kerry, i assume he was, if he's in washington, he was at the white house for this so-called meeting. we saw general martin dempsey, chuck hagel, james clapper, where's kerry? >> he is, we don't know where he is right now, but clearly, he has a very close relationship with sergey la the russian foreign minister. you've seen some talk about the russians possibly calling their ambassador back to moscow, but that's not really where the business between the u.s. and russia is done. it's done between capitals, the white house, between the kremlin and secretary kerry and lavrov. secretary kerry has had some positive effects with his relationship with lavrov. they put together those peace talks in geneva. we have on the syrian crisis, we haven't seen a lot of progress, but they are determined to work together and this is i think you should look for kerry to get much more involved. >> we know the vice president, joe biden, has been deeply involved in this crisis as well. stand by. i want to go
they can still have a close relationship with ukraine, good diplomatic and economic religions. >> john kerry, i assume he was, if he's in washington, he was at the white house for this so-called meeting. we saw general martin dempsey, chuck hagel, james clapper, where's kerry? >> he is, we don't know where he is right now, but clearly, he has a very close relationship with sergey la the russian foreign minister. you've seen some talk about the russians possibly calling their...